Che Battalion
Vol. 69 No. 35
Copyright © 1975, The Battahon
College Station, Texas
Thursday, Oct. 30, 1975
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Ford pledges veto
of NY bail-out bill
Dancing pumpkin pieces
Pumpkins — including this fragmented specimen — The dancing pumpkin pieces were designed and oper-
(treated area kindergarten students to some early Hallo- ated by students Brian Farrell, Sally Johnson, Dana
ween tricks Wednesday. The youngsters visited the Chamness, Jimmy Hicks, Jim Pope, Barbara Steven-
)!d University Hospital, which senior environmental son. Bill Lyons and George Lippe.
design students had remodeled into a haunted house. stafr photo by Steve Goble
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Ford an
nounced Wednesday that he will veto any
bail-out legislation aimed at keeping New
York City solvent, hut he asked Congress
to help ensure police and fire protection if
the city defaults on its debts.
However, House Democratic leaders
said later they are going ahead with legisla
tion to aid the nation’s largest city, includ
ing federal guarantees for the city’s debts,
which Ford specifically opposed.
“Without some loan guarantee authori
ty, the City of New York can’t get through
the next few months, said Rep. Henry S.
Reuss, D-Wis., following a closed-door
meeting with House Speaker Carl Albert.
Reuss, chairman of the House Banking
Committee, announced the decision to
proceed with legislation.
Ford maintained, however, that New
York City has caused its own problems, and
said its “bad financial management is un
ique among municipalities throughout the
United States.
“Why . . . should all the working people
of this country be forced to rescue those
who bankrolled New York City’s policies
for so long — the large investors and big
banks?” Ford said.
In a speech to the National Press Club,
Ford proposed amending federal ban
kruptcy laws to prevent New York City’s
creditors from tying up the city’s finances in
lawsuits if the city defaults.
Koldus
fer. c
directs student life
he third in a series analyzing the ad-
Snistrative bureaucracy of A&M.
By LEE ROY LESCHPER, JR.
Battalion StafT Writer
lEvery day 25,000 A&M students are af-
Ited in some way by Vice-President of
Indent Services John Koldus.
[Dr. Koldus job prescribes that he “is
sponsible for the development, supervi-
bn, and coordination of all aspects of the
Vlent Life Program at A&M.
rWhat we re primarily trying to ac-
jmplish . . .,” Dr. Koldus said, “is that
istudentcomes to the institution primar-
B to have an educational experience. Our
[sponsibility is to provide him with as fine
educational experience as possible,
(rich means we try to do all those things
which eliminate and reduce all the hassles
involved with going to school.’
Koldus reports directly to University
President Jack Williams on Student Ser
vice matters. Koldus directly supervises
the eight departments making up the Divi
sion of Student Services.
Each student services department is
headed by an administrative director. Each
director develops and separates his own set
of programs, coordinated by Koldus.
Three administrators make up the vice-
president’s executive staff. Associate Vice
President Howard Perry acts as second in
command in the Student Services office.
Perry directs budget and personnel man
agement, and coordinates communications
and research for the division.
Assistant Vice President Ormond
Simpson is in charge of all military prog
rams on campus. This includes the Corps of
Cadets, military ROTC programs, veterans
affairs programs, and the Aggie Band.
General Simpson also works with Alvin
Luedecke, executive vice president, on
most campus landscaping and construc
tion.
Administrative Officer Robert L.
Melcher works with Luedecke on Univer
sity parking. Melcher also handles security
procedures and special assignments from
Koldus.
Student services activities involving
other divisions within the University are
coordinated by Koldus with Vice-
Presidents of the other four divisions.
“Anything having to do with business
affairs and money, I relate to Mr. Tom
Cherry (vice-president for business af
fairs),’’ Koldus said. “Anything having to do
with academics, I relate to John Calhoun
(academic vice-president).
Financing for student services programs
comes from a wide variety of sources.
Primary funds come from student service
fees charged students during registration
prior to each semester. The 1975-76 Stu
dent Services budget is projected to re
ceive about $785,000 from service fees.
The eight departments under the vice-
president of student services cover most
non-academic matters involving students
at the University.
Director of Student Affairs Charles Pow
ell is in charge of all student housing on
campus, as well as the Residence Hall As
sociation which directs most matters in
volving on-campus students.
Student Affairs also encompasses discip
line of students violating any University
rules. The office also handles residence hall
maintenance.
Chief O. L. Luther’s University Police
force acts as joint campus security, criminal
enforcement, and traffic control agency.
The force also handles various administra
tive legal duties and on-campus emergency
assistance.
Student Legal Advisor Ken Robison
heads a relatively new department of Stu
dent Services. During September Robison
advised 238 Aggies on legal questions rang
ing from tenant-landlord disagreements to
criminal action. He also refers students to
local attorneys through the Brazos County
Bar Association.
MSC policy and activities are directed
toward student cultural and social oppor
tunities provided jointly through the MSC
Council and Directorate. Director Wayne
He said that would make it possible for
the city to use what is left of its revenues,
including federal revenue-sharing or spe
cial borrowing, to provide police and fire
protection and other services.
New York Mayor Abraham D. Beame
called Ford’s proposal “nothing less than a
declaration of default by the White House
— a default of presidential leadership.”
New York Gov. Hugh Carey also
criticized the President’s plan, saying,
“The Ford formula would make New York
City a ward of a federal court, with an ap
pointed judge acting as federal marshal,
instead of Washington acting as a guarantor
while the city and state repair its fiscal in
tegrity.’ He said he would again ask Con
gress for help.
Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said
Ford’s proposals would shove the city into
“tincup status” and place it “on the federal
government s back for years to come.’
Proxmire is chairman of the Senate Bank
ing Committee, which is considering fed
eral loan guarantees for New York.
Also expressing disappointment was
Mayor Moon Landrieu of New Orleans, the
president of the United States Conference
of Mayors. He said Ford has ignored New
York’s relentless efforts to correct past fi
nancial mistakes.
“New York City is unique among cities
because of its intolerable burden in meet
ing the welfare, education and service
needs of an unbearably large number of
poor in its population, Landrieu said.
In his tough-sounding speech devoted
entirely to New York, Ford said the blame
for the city’s problems rests with those who
have misled the people of New York for the
last 10 years and that direct federal help
would set "a terrible precedent for the
rest of the nation.
“I can tell you now that I am prepared to
veto any bill that has as its purpose a federal
bail-out of New York City to prevent a de
fault, Ford said.
Although city and state officials have said
New York City may be unable to pay its
debts as early as Nov. 14, Ford said he
thinks it is still possible for them to take
action that can prevent a default.
Ford said he foresees “no loss to the fed
eral government whatsoever from his
plan.
But a presidential aide, L. William
Seidman, did not rule out that some federal
aid could be made available to the city in
the event of a default if other revenues
could not maintain essential services.
“We’d have to look at the circumstances
at the time, Seidman said when asked
about direct federal aid under those cir
cumstances.
Ford’s amendments woidd empower the
U.S. District Court in New York to au
thorize the city to issue special debt certifi
cates to meet its short-term needs, in the
event of default.
But to obtain this help, the city would,
with state approval, have to file a plan to
repay its creditors. The new debt certifi
cates would be paid out of future revenues
ahead of existing creditors.
Ford also derided “scare talk by some
officials and bankers to “frighten the
American people and their representa
tives in Congress into panicky support of
patently bad policy.
“The people of this country will not be
stampeded; they will not panic when a few
desperate New York officials and bankers
try to scare New York s mortgage payments
out of them, he said.
It’s estimated that about 60 per cent of
New York City bonds are held by banks and
large investors. The others are held by
small investors.
landing on buses prohibited
y new education regulations
By PAULA GEYER
Battalion Staff Writer
Standing in the aisles of a moving school
sis “always unsafe, A&M Consolidated
taool Superintendent Fred A. Hopson
id last Thursday.
Hopson said the district currently has
idents standing in buses on two bus
mtes and is trying to alleviate that situa-
n in order to meet new Texas Education
;ency (TEA) regulations.
The new regulations will require all stu
nts to he seated on school buses.
No deadline has yet been set by the TEA
|r the elimination of standees.
With the addition of the two new buses
at were ordered by the district Oct. 20,
standee problem should be eliminated,
opson said.
It will take approximately one year for
e buses to be delivered.
The buses will cost $12,918 each and can
at 72 passengers, three to a seat.
The school district currently owns 11
ses, six in “medium” shape and five in
ir” shape, Hopson said.
Two mini-buses seating 16 students each
ive also been ordered and were supposed
arrive in August. Only one has been
sceived by the district, Hopson' said.
The two buses to arrive next year will be
[sed to replace one of the older buses and
e other will be used as a spare.
Hopson said the district has not ex
uded the state legal limit of 96 passengers
r a 72-passenger bus.
The two routes with standee problems
lave 76 students and 72 students riding
iuses.
Hopson said 72 students cannot sit on a
2-passenger bus because older children
sually take up too much room to seat three
fhildren per seat.
Hopson said if the district has to comply
ith the new TEA standee regulation he
re next year, school bus routes in the city
might have to be eliminated.
Rural routes would not be affected by the
new regulation.
If city routes are cut students will have to
Recovery slips
walk, ride bicycles or rely on transportation
provided by their parents.
Hopson said he strongly felt the city
routes would not have to be cut.
Market index low
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The government’s
index of economic indicators dropped for
the first time in seven months, a sign the
economy is not recovering as rapidly as
expected.
The Commerce Department said its
composite of a dozen individual statistics
slipped nine-tenths of one per cent in Sep
tember after climbing eight-tenths of one
per cent in August.
Victor Zarnowitz, the University of
Chicago Business professor who helped re
design the composite index in May, said
even if the figures continue falling for
another month or two, “that will signal not
a decline but a slowdown.
“I would not be surprised to see some
slowing down in the rate of expansion,
Zarnowitz said. “And that is all it means. I
don’t see anything worse than that.
Most analysts say it takes three succes
sive months of movement in any direction
for the index to establish a signal of any
turnaround. Seven months into the recov
ery from the 1970 recession, for example,
the index started a four-month up and
down fluctuation which resulted in an
over-all drop of two-tenths of one per cent.
Yet the recovery proceeded steadily.
In the September report, 11 of the 12
items in the composite index were availa
ble, and six showed declines.
On the negative side were a higher
layoff rate, a smaller growth in cash and
other assets easily converted into cash, re
duced levels of spending on factories and
equipment, lower stock prices, a smaller
volume of orders for new goods and a shrin
kage in the supply of money in circulation
after adjustment for inflation.
The five indicators showing advances
were a longer average work week, a smaller
increase in wholesale prices, faster forma
tion of new businesses, a higher volume of
new building permits issued and a slow
down in deliveries of supplies, which is
taken as an indicator of quickening business
activity.
In other recent statistics, industrial pro
duction, total economic output, employ
ment and corporate profits are all headed
up. Zarnowitz’s expectation of a slower but
sustained growth in the economy is in line
with the general expectations of
economists.
But most economists expect that the
growth in total economic output, or Gross
National Product, for example, will settle
down to an annual rate of 5 per cent to 8 per
cent after the 11.2 per cent jump at an
annual rate for the three-month period
ended in September.
The government also said Wednesday
that the nation’s trade activities measured
in the balance of payments accounts were
in surplus by $2.3 billion for the three-
month period ending in September. The
figure compared with a $3.3 billion surplus
in the previous quarter.
Campus
Stark and his staff advise MSC student
president Jane Logan on action taken by
both groups.
The Council is a joint student, faculty,
former-student group which determines
policy for the use of the MSC. The Directo
rate consists of chairmen from each of the
18 MSC committees, working together to
coordinate committee activities.
As Director of Student Activites, Dr.
Carolyn Adair oversees operation of over
380 student organizations, ranging from
academic honor societies to Student Gov
ernment. The Student Organizations
Board, chaired by Adair and made up of
three students and faculty members repre
senting 7 or 8 basic club categories, sets
basic criteria for student organization oper
ation and determines annual club alloca
tions of MSC Bookstore profits.
Col. Tom Parsons’job as commandant of
the Corps of Cadets is probably the oldest
of any Students Services department. Col.
Parsons directs operation of all Corps prog
rams as well as coordinating ROTC opera
tions on campus.
Drs. Claude Goswick and Wade Birch
have similar positions as respective direc
tors of Health and Personal Counseling
Services. Under Goswick, the Health
Center treated almost 10,000 outpatients
during September.
OFF-CAMPUS GRADUATE student
and Davis-Gary, Mosesv.nd Moore senator
applications are being taken in the Student
Government office, Room 216 of the MSC.
•
THE STUDENT TICKET referendum
will read “Do you prefer this year’s ticket
allocation system or do you prefer last
year’s.” The referendum will be Nov.
11-12.
•
HALLOWEEN DESIGN projects will
be featured in the lobby of the Architecture
Building Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•
A BONFIRE-CUTTING SAFETY class
is required for people using axes and chain
saws during bonfire construction. The class
is held in the Animal Science Pavilion from
5 to 6:30 p.m. every day this week.
Bonfire cutting begins at daylight Satur
day. Cars in the cutting area need to be
kept to a minimum; all personnel should
ride out in the trucks.
•
PROBLEMS WITH HOMOSEXUAL
ITY are being handled on the Alternative
Answer Line, 823-5918. The telephone will
be manned Sunday through Thursday, 4-11
p.m. For those timid about calling. Alter
native has a mailing address: P.O. Box
8109, College Station, TX 77844. All ear
nest inquiries will be answered.
•
AGGIELAND 1976 club and organiza
tion pages must be purchased by Nov. 10.
For further information call Student Publi
cations at 845-2611, between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.
•
THE GUARNERI STRING QUAR
TET will play Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the
Rudder Theater. Admission for A&M stu
dents is $3.50 and $2.50; regular, $5 and
$4. For further information call MSC Box
Office, 845-2916.
•
STUDENT ACADEMIC COUNCIL
meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 401 Rudder Tower. The Council will
consider double major proposals, under
graduate research courses, and departmen
tal honors.
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BONFIRE COFFEE AND COOKIE
WORKERS will be meeting Nov. 4, in
Room 601, Rudder Tower at 7:30. For
further information, call 845-1626.
FRIDAY NIGHT THE BASEMENT
will present a special Halloween program
beginning at 8. In addition to the regular
musical bill of fare, the evening will feature
magic and ghost stories. Saturday night
Don Sanders of Houston will be featured
along with Bad Brown, Bob French and
Byrd Larburg.
Texas
National
A GUNMAN, tentatively identified as
Eddie Watkins, 56, seized seven women
hostages and held off police at a West Side
bank in Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday after
his robbery attempt failed.
Two of the hostages have been released
and the police are negotiating with the rob
ber.
•
REPRESENTATIVES OF PRO HOC
KEY AND BASKETBALL in Washington
Wednesday said that legislation lifting the
ban on television blackouts of local sold out
games does financial harm to sports clubs.
The proposed law would make perma
nent the law prohibiting home games of
professional football, baseball, basketball
and hockey from being blacked out on local
commercial TV if they are sold out 72 hours
in advance. In addition, the bill would
change the 72-hour cutoff for postseason
games of baseball, basketball and hockey to
24 hours.
THE BODIES OF TWO LOUISIANA
MEN and about 800 pounds of marijuana
were found near the wreckage of a light
plane near Waller yesterday.
A Department of Public Safety spokes
man said a map found in the wreckage indi
cated the plane took off from the Pacific
coast of Mexico and was to have landed near
Tomball.
•
A GOVERNMENT STUDY reported
yesterday that one out of every five Ameri
can adults is functionally illiterate and un
able to cope in today’s society.
•
REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA
JORDAN, D-TEX., will receive the “Faith
in Humanity Award” today from the Na
tional Council of Jewish Women.
She is being refcognized for her work on
the House Judiciary Committee and “as a
leading proponent of individual rights, the
council said.